"I can approve of those only who..." - Quote by Blaise Pascal

“A mere trifle consoles us, for a mere trifle distresses us.”

“Excuse me, pray." Without that excuse I would not have known there was anything amiss.”

“The present is never the mark of our designs. We use both past and present as our means and instruments, but the future only as our object and aim.”

“Your success and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them. But to be happy it is essential not to be too concerned with others. Consequently, there is no escape. Happy and judged, or absolved and wretched.”

“There is no shame in preferring happiness.”

“We don’t need more money, we don’t need greater success or fame, we don’t need the perfect body or even the perfect mate-right now, at this very moment, we have a mind, which is all the basic equipment we need to achieve complete happiness.”

“Reason has to be strengthened by suffering, and suffering opens the eyes of understanding.”

“Break what must be broken, once for all, that's all, and take the suffering on oneself.”

“Who taught you all this, doctor?" The reply came promptly: "Suffering.”